Elliott said if his team plays up to their full potential this season could be a historic one for the program, shooting for goals like winning five games in a season. The Colts got one game closer to that starting with Tuesday night’s district win.

“If we win the winnable games, it’s possible,” he said. “I try to have them focus and play as good as they are. I’ve got a young group right now, we just have to take it one game at a time.”

North Marion (1-2, 1-1 district 5-3A) will travel to Lecanto Thursday to take on the Panthers at 6 p.m. for another district matchup.

Trinity Catholic 8, Dunnellon 0: at Dunnellon, the Celtics dominated the Tigers Tuesday led by sophomore goalkeeper Shyenne Pastucha who tallied her second shutout of the season.

Sophomores Victoria Redman and Sarah Richmond along with junior Christina Smith all found the back of the net twice for the Celtics and each tallied one assist.

Senior Olivia Connor and sophomore Makayla Newmons also each scored one goal in the victory.

Trinity Catholic (3-0) will host Vanguard Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Forest 8, West Port 0: at Forest, the Wolf Pack were shut out for the second straight game Tuesday in a blowout loss to the Wildcats.

Forest was led by Sarah Aponte who had two goals and an assist. Lauren Guynn and Hannah Wagner both notched a goal and an assist and Kaitlyn Marcy had two goals for the Wildcats.

The Wolf Pack (0-3) will travel to Inverness Friday to take on Citrus at 7 p.m. and Foret (2-0) will play again Tuesday at North Marion.

BOYS SOCCER

Lecanto 5, Vanguard 2: at Lecanto, the Knights were handed their first district loss in the first game of the season Tuesday against the Panthers. Forwards Spencer Stilich and Malachi Woods both found the net for Vanguard but the deficit was too much to make up.

Vanguard (0-1, 0-1 5-3A) will return to action Thursday at North Marion at 6 p.m. for another district game.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

West Port 59, The Villages 23: preseason classic at West Port, the Wolf Pack claimed a preseason victory over the visiting Buffalo Tuesday and were led by power forward Danesha Wilson who had 19 points.

Senior small forward Jada Freeman had 11 points and six steals and senior point guard Gabby Lora tallied 11 points, six rebounds, five steals and seven assists in the victory.

West Port will host Vanguard Thursday in the second game of the preseason classic at 7 p.m.

North Marion 35, Lake Weir 26: preseason classic at North Marion, Emaria Williams led the Colts to a preseason win over the Hurricanes Tuesday tallying 12 points, four rebounds, three steals and three assists.

Victoria Wilson had nine rebounds and Maya Jackson had five rebounds in the victory.

North Marion will face Forest Thursday at 7 p.m. in the final game of the preseason classic. Lake Weir will take on Dunnellon Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Heart Homeschool 74, Palm Coast 50: at Heart, Jake Walker led the way for the Falcons with 22 points and six steals as Heart claimed its second win of the season Tuesday.

Lucas Wyland had 19 points and center Cody Bagley had 15 points.

Heart (2-0) will play again Friday at Victory Christian in Orlando at 8 p.m.

From Monday

Heart Homeschool 62, Heritage Prep 27: at Heritage, Lucas Wyland led the Falcons boys basketball team to a win with 33 points.

Jake Walker and Cody Bagley both scored six points as Heart started the season 1-0.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Heart Homeschool 37, Heritage Prep 19: at Heritage, Abbey Keister led the girls basketball team to a win Monday with 14 points. Alyssa Keister and Dara Lehman both added six points as Heart started the season 1-0. The girls team will play at Victory Christian in Orlando Friday at 7 p.m.

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